Fouling and cleaning of ultrafiltration membranes: A review

Journal of Water Process Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-138

  Shi, Xiafu ^a   Tal, Galit ^b   Hankins, Nicholas P ^a   Gitis, Vitaly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemical cleaning; Membrane cleaning; Membrane degradation; Membrane fouling; Membrane integrity; Physical cleaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904258426     PISSN: 22147144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2014.04.003     Document Type: Review

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